A Nazi captain gave artwork, which depicts an intimate Roman romance, to a civilian. When he died, his heirs decided to ...

The eruption ended in 24 hours: Around midday on August 24th in the year 79, Mount Vesuvius began to erupt. First, it blasted pumice stones high into the air. These stones fell like rain for about ...

Archaeologists have revitalized a Roman flower garden in Pompeii that survived an earthquake in 62 A.D. before being buried ...

MILAN — The eruption of Mount Vesuvius turned an incinerated victim’s brain material into glass, the first time scientists have verified the phenomenon from a volcanic blast, officials at the ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, the towering ash from the volcano wiped out life in Pompeii, Italy, and the surrounding area. Nearly 2,000 years later, all that remains of the victims are ...

Mount Vesuvius and the Gulf of Naples in Italy, pictured on Feb. 24. The volcano's eruption in A.D. 79 turned the remains of one victim’s brain into glass, Italian researchers say.

A rare form of dark-colored organic glass, discovered inside the skull of a victim from the 79 CE Mount Vesuvius eruption, ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that four people, including a child, in Pompeii used furniture to block a bedroom door and shield themselves from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

The Vesuvius national park authority in Naples, Italy, has announced it will be closing access to the live volcano on Saturday, ahead of Napoli’s potential title-winning game on Sunday.